Philadelphia's Ryan Howard watches his three-run home run. Howard belted two home runs in the Phillies' 20-2 victory over the Cardinals on Friday in St. Louis.

National League

Phillies 20, Cardinals 2

St. Louis – Chase Utley, Ryan Howard and Pat Burrell hit consecutive home runs in the first inning, and the Phillies were just getting warmed up.

The Phillies had a season-best nine-run fourth inning as part of a 21-hit onslaught.

The 20 runs tied the major-league high for the season, set by the Phillies on May 26 at home against the Rockies.

Interleague

Reds 3, Red Sox 1

Cincinnati – Jay Bruce and Adam Dunn hit solo homers, and right-hander Aaron Harang got his first victory in a month for the Reds.

Mets 7, Rangers 1

New York – Oliver Perez pitched seven stellar innings, and New York beat Texas, helping manager Willie Randolph ease the tension in a clubhouse desperate for something good to happen.

Rays 7, Marlins 3

St. Petersburg, Fla. – Eric Hinske and Dioner Navarro drove in two runs apiece for the Rays.

Blue Jays 3, Cubs 2

Toronto – Scott Rolen and Matt Stairs hit back-to-back home runs, A.J. Burnett won for the first time in four starts, and Toronto snapped Chicago’s four-game winning streak.

Yankees 2, Astros 1

Houston – Derek Jeter hit a solo homer in the eighth inning off Doug Brocail, and Joba Chamberlain pitched six strong innings in his first career road start.

White Sox 5, Rockies 4

Chicago – Juan Uribe tied it with a two-run single and came around to score on A.J. Pierzynski’s infield hit in a three-run seventh inning that lifted Chicago over Colorado.

Tigers 5, Dodgers 0

Detroit – Armando Galarraga and Freddy Dolsi combined for a three-hitter, and Marcus Thames and Magglio Ordonez homered to lift Detroit to its fourth straight victory.

Twins 10, Brewers 2

Milwaukee – Kevin Slowey pitched eight effective innings and hit a two-run single for his first career RBIs for Minnesota.

Braves 5, Angels 2

Anaheim, Calif. – Gregor Blanco was 3-for-4 with two RBI singles for Atlanta.

Braves third baseman Chipper Jones, who leads the majors with a .414 average, was scratched from the lineup after an accident during batting practice.

Jones fouled off a pitch, and the ball ricocheted off the crossbar at the top of the batting cage and struck him under his left eye.

Indians 9, Padres 5

Cleveland – Grady Sizemore hit two home runs more than five hours apart, and Cleveland waited out a long rain delay, then rallied to beat San Diego.

Nationals 7, Mariners 6

Seattle – Jesus Flores and Ronnie Belliard had two-run hits during a six-run second inning for Washington.

Flores hit a two-run double, and Belliard had a two-run single as the Nationals roughed up knuckleballer R.A. Dickey for six runs, five hits and two walks in the second.

Athletics 5, Giants 1

San Francisco – Greg Smith won for only the second time in his last nine starts and got his first career hit as Oakland beat its former ace Barry Zito and San Francisco.

Smith (4-5) gave up three hits in five innings and overcame a season-high six walks.

Orioles 9, Pirates 6

Baltimore – Luke Scott homered, Melvin Mora had three hits and a key RBI, and Baltimore rallied from a five-run deficit to beat Pittsburgh.